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ESR's "How to be a Hacker" essay explicitly lists anti-authoritarianism as part of the hacker ethic/attitude, however: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/hacker-howto
by vezzy-fnord 11y ago
ESR's "How to be a Hacker" essay explicitly lists anti-authoritarianism as part of the hacker ethic/attitude, however: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html#attitude http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html#attitude
Not that I have much of an affinity for ESR, but he is a spokesman.
- amyjess 11y agoReading that article, I noticed a few things. First, it's #4 on the list. On the other hand, #1 is "The world is full of fascinating problems waiting to be solved". Second, it sounds less like "the hacker ethic was created as a response to authoritarianism" (which is what OP asserts) and more like "authoritarianism is incompatible with the hacker ethic, so don't support it", which is a very different proposition.
- lallysingh 11y agoSure it was, just authoritarianism as reified in closed technical systems.
- talideon 11y agoI see that more as ESR's spin on things rather than being an accurate reflection of reality. He is, after all, somewhat biased in that direction.